Lamp-chimney holder.



S. C. BAUGHN.

LAMP CHIMNEY HOLDER.

APPLICATION mu) 050.27. 1915.

1 1 97,43 3 Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Witnesses Inventor Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL C. BAUGHN, OF CANALOU, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF FIVE-SIXTHS TO W. WERNER, P. L. MGLAURIN, E. M. FORD, RAYMOND KOCHEL, AND H. T. MGGLELLAND.

LAMP-CHIMNEY HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed December 27, 1915. Serial No. 68,765.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. BAUGHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canalou, in the county of New Madrid and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Lamp-Chimney Holder, of which-the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to lamp chimney holders, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character for holding the lamp chimney upon the burner so that it is not apt to fall off or to be knocked off accidentally, the device enabling the chimney to be readily applied and removed.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a lamp chimney holder having the characteristics above noted, and which at the same time, is comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction, can be readily applied to various burners, and will serve its office in a thoroughly satisfactory and eflicient manner. A

With the.foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved lamp chimney holder applied to the burner of an oil lamp. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, there is illustrated an ordinary oil lamp burner 1 having the gallery 2. In carrying out the invention, a plurality, in this case four, of upstanding resilient prongs or arms 3 are secured upon the gallery 2. The spring arms 3 may be se cured to the gallery itself, or as illustrated, the lower ends of the arms 3 may be provided with inwardly projecting feet or ears 4 riveted upon a flat ring 5 seated upon the gallery 2, and secured thereon by means of wire staples 6 engaged downwardly through the ring 5 and gallery and having their ends bent under the gallery. One of the staples 6 can also serve as a coupling for connecting the ends of the ring 5, as seen in Fig. 3.

Carried by the free ends of the arms 3 is a. band 7 to embrace the chimney for holding it securely in place, so that the chimney is not liable to fall off or to be knocked ofi' accidentally. The band 7 is composed of a relatively long arcuate section 8 extending through an are larger than 180 degrees, and a relatively short arcuate section 9 having its ends overlapping the ends of the section 8 and pivotally connected thereto by means of rivets 10. The sections 8 and 9 are composed of resilient strips of suitable metal. The section 8 is pivotally connected to three of the arms 3, by means of rivets l1, and the section 9 is pivoted between its ends to the remaining arm 3, by means of a rivet 12.

In order that the sections 8 and 9 can be swung relatively to one another for distorting-the band, to enable the chimney to be readily applied to the holder and burner, a vertical spindle or stem 13 is slidable through the gallery 2 and has its upper end pivotally engaged to one pivot or rivet 10, while the lower end of the spindle or stem 13 has a ring or finger piece 14.

In applying the chimney, the stem 13 is pulled downwardly, which can be readily accomplished by grasping the ring or finger piece 14 by the thumb and finger, and when said stem is pulled downwardly, the corresponding ends of the sections 8 and 9 are pulled downwardly. This will swing the sections 8 and 9, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thereby distorting the'band 7, and enabling the lower end of the chimney to be readily started into the band 7 and between the arms 8. It is thus an easy matter to apply the chimney to the holder and burner, the band 7 returning to normal position when the stem 13 is released.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A lamp chimney holder embodying a plurality of spring arms, and a band composed of two resilient arcuate sections having their ends pivoted together, one section being relatively long and being pivoted to all but one of said arms, the other section being relatively short and pivoted between its ends to the remaining arm, and means connected to said band for pulling certain ends of said sections downwardly.

2. A lamp chimney holder embodying spring arms, a band composed of resilient arcuate sections pivoted together and pivoted to said arms, and means connected to said band adjacent one pivot thereof for pulling certain ends of said sections down- Wardly.

3. The combination with a lamp burner having a gallery, of a plurality of spring arms secured upon said gallery, a band composed ofarcuate resilient sections having their ends pivoted together, said section being pivoted to said arms, and a stem slidable through said gallery and connected to one of the pivots between said sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

SAMUEL O. BAUGHN.

WVitnesses:

HATTIE HARP, J. E. PANNLEY.

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